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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
10
Christmas tales from Kansas City to Arkansas depict gifts that never arrive and bodies found after disputes and violence. Police report a fatal self inflicted shooting over holiday gift plans while other cities recount robberies and tragic accidents on Christmas Eve and Day.
Lincoln Borglum's 18 year old son Gut zon Borglum has just graduated from a Wyoming prep school. He did not head to college yet and is working for a public utilities firm in Abilene Texas. He plans a European tour next summer before considering college.
Cupid abandons bow to report weak marriage license activity in Lincoln Nebraska. In four days before Christmas only fourteen couples sought licenses at the county clerk's office, indicating sparse demand during the holiday period.
Chicago based Erwin Frazee and an accomplice stole a laundry company truck full of bundles awaiting delivery. Frazee was bound to the grand jury under a 7500 dollar bond while a companion escaped.
Mrs. Mary E. Dugan superintendent of the state juvenile home and Carl B. Stiger Tama County state representative elect were married this morning at the Dugan home by Rev. Oliver Stevenson. Stiger is with the Struble and Stiger law firm. Scots urged to fund memorial for S R Crockett in Galloway Scotland. China requires at least 100000 miles of new railways to meet transport needs.
City residents plan visits over Christmas with relatives in Kansas City Omaha Marshaltown and Galesburg. Local injuries and hospital updates accompany several holiday travels and a pair of newly named locomotives in Britain.
Al G. Barnes Stonehouse known as Al G. Barnes honeymooning in Phoenix after marrying Margaret Goldsborough of Denver and Edgewater. The ceremony occurred Wednesday night at a Presbyterian church with witnesses C. F. Cusack and wife. Goldsborough, widow of a Leadville mining and cattleman, is Ontario-born 1862 veteran showman Stonehouse has a 40 year career and past marriages including Dollie Barlow and Anne Hartigan.
The sturdy motor of the City of Chicago sang a wedding song for the marriage of Miss Rankin and Miller Stephenson in the aircraft above Sparta Illinois. In Ireland South Tipperary County weighs appointing a county commissioner to govern, replacing the current council.
Local postal workers cleaned up late Wednesday night s processing the Christmas mails. Postmaster W S McKee said all items received by Wednesday forenoon were readied for Friday delivery and later items were held for Friday. Work at the office returned to normal with helpers laid off.
AP reports John Redeker, 30, described as a dangerous maniac, was subdued with tear bombs after a 48 hour standoff in his Cook county cabin. He held police at bay with three rifles and was found with rifles in each hand. Fire destroyed an all steel house in Glasgow Scotland owned by M McInnes and his new bride.
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